Solms marcus



(No Model.)

s. MARCUS.

WOOLEN SHIRT.

No. 410,984. Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLMS MARCUS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY N. HART, OF SAMEPLACE.

WOOLEN SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,984, datedSeptember 10, 1889.

Application filed March 8 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLMS MARCUS, a citi= zen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flanneland \Voolen Fabric Shirts, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in shirts, and has for its objectthe provision of means whereby the neckband of a shirt shall always bemaintained of uniform dimension.

My improvement has special reference to shirts made of woolen fabricthat will shrink when laundered. It is well known that such materialwill shrink, especially when immersed in hot water, and that a shirtafter washing will have its neckband consequently considerably reduced.The result will be that a collar normally of proper size for the wearercannot, after shrinkage during washing, be buttoned around the neck. Toovercome this defect is the purpose of my invention.

My invention is hereinafter fully described, illustrated in thedrawings, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference pointout similar parts 011 each figure, Figure 1 represents a collar andportion of the body of a shirt, illustrating the first step inpracticing my invention. Fig. 2 is another view showing the shirt-bodyand the fortifying strip turned downwardly in a direction opposite tothat illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing thefortifying-strip sewed in place, as in the finished article.

In the drawings,A is the shirt-body; B, the collar, both being made ofwoolen material that will shrink when laundered.

C is a fortifying-strip of inelastic textile fabric of sufficient lengthto encircle the neck.

of the wearer. Said strip on the finished article extends outwardly oneither side beyond the length of the collar, as seen in Fig. 3, saidextension receiving the usual fastening device common in such garments,the free end of the said strip being, however, firmly connected at itsupper and lower edges to the body A, as plainly seen in said figure.

Serial no. 302,556. (No model.)

In carrying out my invention, which is only applicable to shirts havinga body and an attached collar made of some flannel or woolen fabric, thecollar 13 is laid in place, flat upon the upper portion of the body A,the lower edge of the collar being brought in exact alignment with theupper edge of the body. Over these two layers of woolen fabric I thenplace a fortifying inelastic strip 0 and connect the three laminae attheir free edges by a common row of stitching a, as plainly shown inFig. 1. It will be observed that the row of stitching extends throughthe three overlying fabrics the full length of the collar. Next the bodyA is folded downwardly, away from the collar B, and the strip C is alsofolded down in the same direction, thereby forming hems or welts w w,the portion of the strip C and body A extending beyond the length of thecollar being respectively turned over and under to form a double ortwofold cont-inuation of the welts of four thicknesses, as plainly seenin Figs. 2 and 3, where indicated by arrows, while the full length ofthe lower edge of the collar, being interposed between the welts,provides five thicknesses of material, three of woolen and two ofunyielding fabric. The welts w and w, composed by overturns of the bodyand strip, and respectively in alignment, overlying at opposite sidesthe lower edge of the collar, are all unitedly connected by means of athrough-and-th rough line of stitching I). Said stitching, after passing beyond the length of the collar, is continued outwardly to join theext-ending portions of the strip and body. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) Thestrip 0 is at its lower edge turned under, and said turned edge is forits full length firmly secured to the body Abya continuous row ofstitching 0, thus composing a welt 10 at the lower edge of the strip.

The welt-s at the opposite edges of the strip enable the employment ofthin material for said strip, as it is obvious that should there be anytendency for said material to contract it will be arrested by the weltsrigidly maintained in position upon the conjoined collar and body by thecontinuous rows of throughand-through stitches, as set forth.

I do not claim a woolen shirt having an inelasti'c neckband; but,

through said Welts and collar, and a Welt 'w composed of a return at thelower edge of the strip 0, said welt 'ufi being connected to the 15 bodyA by a continuous row of stitching c, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SOLMS MARCUS.

Witnesses:

WM. H. Lorz, OTTO LUBKERT.

